September 2015 archive

Open letter to Randwick City Councillors on my voting intentions in the 2015 Mayoral Election Hello my fellow Randwick City Councillors. I wish to inform you that I will be voting for my Greens colleague Councillor Lindsay Shurey in our Mayoral election on Tuesday night. If she is unsuccessful and falls out then I will …

The saving of Randwick’s High Cross Park is a story of an organised community campaign and its local Council putting money and resources into working positively with the State Government to scope out an alternative light rail interchange site. It has little to do with the input of State MP’s. The heroes of this weeks’ announced change …

Randwick Green Councillors Lindsay Shurey and Murray Matson have reacted favourably to this morning’s announcement that the State Government will move the contentious light rail interchange out of High Cross Park at Randwick Junction. Councillor Shurey was instrumental in responding to community calls for action to save the park with her “Fair Go For Randwick” …

The Editor The Southern Courier Dear Editor Are we ignoring a social inequity in favour of urban beautification when we call for the removal of abandoned shopping trolleys from our streets? I believe that most residents wouldn’t wheel groceries home in a commandeered trolley if they had an alternative. I suspect many can’t afford cars …